In this richly illustrated biography
political and religious history
Southworth and other connections
Massachusetts State Census
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Descendants of David Melvill of Boston, Massachusetts and Newport, Rhode Island Irish In this richly illustrated biographyIncluding Notes on the Vinson Families of Newport David Melvill, who came from Glasgow, Scotland, was living in Yarmouth on Cape Cod in the 1680s. He married Mary, the daughter of Rev. Samuel Willard of Old South Church in Boston, and after several years in Eastham on the Cape, they moved to Boston, where he was a merchant and tavern keeper. His two sons, Thomas, a builder, and David, a peruke maker, went to Newport, Rhode Island, where they had many